Otuken Union Party
{{Short description|Turkish ultranationalist political party}}{{Infobox political party
| name = Otuken Union Party
| logo =
| leader = Çağatay Korkut Görüklü
| foundation = {{Start date|2017|12|20}}
| ideology = Atsızism
Turkish nationalism
Ultranationalism
Pan-Turkism
Turanism
Neo-fascism
Xenophobia
Anti-Arabism
Anti-Kurdism
Antisemitism
Secularism
| headquarters = Ankara, Turkey
| founder = Mehmet Hakan Semerci
| position = Far-right
}}
The Otuken Union Party (Turkish: Ötüken Birliği Partisi) is a Turkish ultranationalist political party founded on December 20, 2017.
History
On 20 December 2017, the Otuken Union Party was established by Mehmet Hakan Semerci as an official political party in Turkey. The party is the first Turkish nationalist party which does not deny its racism, but rather takes pride in it.{{cite web|url=https://ahvalnews.com/politics/turks-are-superior-race-new-political-party-says|website=ahvalnews.com|title="Turks are a superior race," new political party says|access-date=2024-04-05}} The party is fully secular but has some Tengrist elements. They are named after the city of Otuken in Central Asia where Turkic peoples allegedly originate from.{{cite web |access-date=2018-05-21 |date=5 January 2018 |language=en |title=First racist political party founded in Turkey in 2017, Turks presented as 'superior race' |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/first-racist-political-party-founded-in-turkey-in-2017-turks-presented-as-superior-race-125310 |website=hurriyetdailynews.com}}{{cite web |access-date=2018-05-21 |date=5 January 2018 |language=tr |title=Irkçılığı esas alan parti kuruldu: Ötüken Birliği Partisi |url=http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/siyaset/898928/Irkciligi_esas_alan_parti_kuruldu__Otuken_Birligi_Partisi.html |website=cumhuriyet.com.tr}} The party admires Nihal Atsız.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-12 |title=Liderler Bu Yıl Da Atsız'ı Unutmadı |url=https://www.sabithaber.com/liderler-bu-yil-da-atsizi-unutmadi-72974/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Sabithaber |language=tr}}
The program of the party stated that if the party ever came to power, they would make sure that Turkey is for Turks only, ban marriages between Turks and foreigners, revoke Turkish citizenships and deport those who are not ethnic Turks, change school and İmam Hatip curriculums to further include nationalism, reduce number of Islamic schools as to not exceed the minimum requirement of state-appointed Imams, completely secularise public school curriculum, remove all foreign-language courses in schools until secondary school where they can be taken as electives, although courses in Turkic languages would always be available in all grades, have a zero tolerance policy for refugees, and enforce capital punishment.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-01 |title=Irkçılığı esas alan parti kuruldu: Ötüken Birliği Partisi |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/irkciligi-esas-alan-parti-kuruldu-otuken-birligi-partisi-898928 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.cumhuriyet.com.tr |language=tr}}{{Cite web |title=Türkiye'nin yepyeni ırkçı partisi: Ötüken Birliği Partisi |url=https://ahvalnews.com/tr/partiler/turkiyenin-yepyeni-irkci-partisi-otuken-birligi-partisi?amp}}{{Cite web |date=2018-01-05 |title=Türkiye'nin ilk ırkçı partisi kuruldu! |url=https://www.haber61.net/siyaset/turkiyenin-ilk-irkci-partisi-kuruldu-h312264.html |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Haber61 |language=tr}} The party aims to unite Turkic peoples into a united, self-reliant, and globally dominant country.{{Cite web |title=Irkçı parti resmen kuruldu: Ötüken Birliği Partisi |url=https://www.evrensel.net/haber/342559/irkci-parti-resmen-kuruldu-otuken-birligi-partisi}}
In 2019, the party visited Sedat Peker.{{Cite web |date=2019-09-08 |title=Peker'e Ötüken Birliği Partisi ziyarette bulundu! |url=https://www.medyaege.com.tr/pekere-otuken-birligi-partisi-ziyarette-bulundu-122168h.htm |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Medya Ege |language=tr}}
References
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Category:Pan-Turkist organizations
Category:Neo-fascist parties in Turkey
Category:2017 establishments in Turkey
Category:Anti-Armenian sentiment in Turkey
Category:Anti-Kurdish sentiment
Category:Anti-Iranian sentiment
Category:Deniers of the Armenian genocide
Category:Antisemitism in Turkey
Category:Organizations established in 2017